9-letter words containing na
- cannonade — A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire.
- cantilena — a smooth flowing style in the writing of vocal music
- capernaum — a ruined town in N Israel, on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee: closely associated with Jesus Christ during his ministry
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- carbonado — a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
- carbonara — a sauce, containing cream, bacon, cheese and egg, that is usually served with pasta
- carbonari — a secret political society with liberal republican aims, originating in S Italy about 1811 and particularly engaged in the struggle for Italian unification
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- careenage — (nautical) a beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalism — the quality or state of being sensual
- carnality — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- carnalize — to sensualise
- carnaroli — a variety of short-grain rice used for risotto
- carnarvon — a seaport in W Gwynedd, in NW Wales, on Menai Strait: 13th-century castle of Edward II.
- carnation — A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- carronade — an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore
- cartagena — a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: centre for the Inquisition and the slave trade in the 16th century; chief oil port of Colombia. Pop: 1 002 000 (2005 est)
- cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
- caseinate — a salt of casein
- cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
- casuarina — any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae
- catenated — Connected in a chain or series.
- catenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catenate.
- catkinate — like a catkin
- catnapped — Simple past tense and past participle of catnap.
- catnapper — a person who catnaps
- cavatinas — Plural form of cavatina.
- centenary — The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event.
- centonate — having many pieces or patches
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chaminade — Cécile Louise Stéphanie [sey-seel lweez stey-fa-nee] /seɪˈsil lwiz steɪ faˈni/ (Show IPA), 1857–1944, French pianist and composer.
- charminar — a 16th-century monument with four minarets at Hyderabad, India
- chennault — Claire Lee [klair] /klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1890–1958, U.S. Air Force general.
- china oil — a dark, molasseslike, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid having a warm, bitter taste, obtained from the leguminous tree, Myroxylon pereirae, of Central America: used in medicine, perfumery, and in the manufacture of chocolate.
- china sea — part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south
- china tea — China tea is tea made from large dark-green or reddish-brown tea leaves. It is usually drunk without milk or sugar.
- chinampas — Plural form of chinampa.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chinatown — Chinatown is the name given to the area in a city where there are many Chinese shops and restaurants, and which is a social centre for the Chinese community in the city.
- chinaware — articles made of china, esp those made for domestic use
- chitinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes chitin.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- chronaxie — the minimum time required for excitation of a nerve or muscle when the stimulus is double the minimum (threshold) necessary to elicit a basic response
- cinchonas — Plural form of cinchona.
- cinnamate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of cinnamic acid.
- cinnamene — styrene.
- cinnamons — Plural form of cinnamon.